Literary Submissions

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Please read previous issues to get some idea of our tastes. Fiction writers, please also read this article.

We want your best original, unpublished literary work. Submit up to five poems or one story at a time. Please wait at least six months before submitting again.

Poetry Submissions:

If you like to learn or refresh your metrical skills, here is a definitive guide to scanning a poem by our advisor Annie Finch. If you find this process tedious, don’t worry. Just send us your poems as usual.

Please send all poetry submissions to theliterarynest@gmail.com.

Attach one Word document with Poetry Submission in the subject line. Include the author’s name, address, telephone number, and email address at the top of the first page and include a 75-word third-person biography at the end. If this is a simultaneous submission, please indicate in your submission and if it is accepted elsewhere before we send an acceptance, please let us know immediately. No revisions to the submitted work are allowed.

Fiction Submissions:

Please send all fiction submissions only to theliterarynest@gmail.com.

Attach one Word document with Fiction Submission in the subject line. Include the author’s name, address, telephone number, and email address at the top of the first page and include a 75-word third-person biography at the end. If this is a simultaneous submission, please indicate in your submission and if it is accepted elsewhere before we send an acceptance, please let us know immediately. No revisions to the submitted work are allowed. The editors reserve the right to do minor edits for clarity.